John L. Roberts, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Department of Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology
College of Arts, Culture, and Scientific Inquiry
678-839-0615
jroberts@westga.edu
Melson Hall - Room 203
Office Hours
By appointment
John was born in 1966 in Birmingham, Alabama, but grew up mostly elsewhere, in Rome, Italy and Richmond, Virginia. After earning a B.A. from Virginia Military Institute, he received his J.D. from Cumberland School of Law, LL.M. from Tulane Law School, and practiced law in the areas of civil rights and plaintiff litigation. Returning to graduate school, John received an M.A. in English from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, specializing in eighteenth-century British literature, critical theory, and rhetoric. John's own profound and transformative experiences in humanistic psychotherapy led him to the psychology department at the University of West Georgia, where he earned an M.A. degree. He practiced psychotherapy for several years, and later returned to our department to receive his Ph.D. He is the author of Trauma and the Ontology of the Modern Subject (Routledge). John's interests include theoretical and philosophical approaches to psychology, histories of consciousness and subjectivity, and psychoanalysis.
- PSYC-3470 (Existential Psychology)
- PSYC-4010 (Theories of Psychology)
- PSYC-4030 (Hist & Philosoph of Psychology)
- PSYC-4085A (Psychoanalysis: Freud & Beyond)
- PSYC-4350 (Culture and Psychology)
- PSYC-4881 (Psychology of Drug Addiction)
- PSYC-6000 (Foundations Humanistic Psych)
- PSYC-6400 (Psychology, Culture, & Society)
- PSYC-6785 (Adv Horizon Sem: Trauma)
- PSYC-6881 (Rogerian Learning)
- PSYC-6882 (Trauma and Recovery)
- PSYC-6899 (Transmission Cultured Trauma)
- PSYC-7250 (Foundations of Psychoanalysis)
- PSYC-7810 (Tutorial - Trauma)
- PSYC-7810D (Hermeneutics & Psychology)
- PSYC-8000 (Consciousness & Experience)
- PSYC-8001 (Culture and Subjectivity)
- PSYC-8008 (Humanistic Foundations of PSYC)
- PSYC-8260 (Psych, Epistemology & Ethics)
- PSYC-8270 (Depth Psychology)
- PSYC-8581 (Psychodynamic Theories)
- PSYC-8584 (Adv Seminars: Trauma)
- PSYC-9002 (Doctoral Qualifying Seminar)
Spring 2023 Sections
- PSYC-4010 (Theories of Psychology) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-6000 (Foundations Humanistic Psych) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-8260 (Psych, Epistemology & Ethics) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2022 Sections
- PSYC-4085A (Psychoanalysis: Freud & Beyond) Section: 02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-4881 (Psychiatric Nursing) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-8000 (Consciousness & Experience) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2022 Sections
- PSYC-3470 (Existential Psychology) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-6000 (Foundations Humanistic Psych) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-6899 (Thesis) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-6899 (Thesis Completion) Section: 07 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-7250 (Foundations of Psychoanalysis) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2021 Sections
- PSYC-4010 (Theories of Psychology) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-4030 (History&PhilosophyofPsychology) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-6881 (Rogerian Learning) Section: N01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-8581 (Lacanian Analysis Recoveries) Section: E04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-8581 (Oneiric Approach Field Theory) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2021 Sections
- PSYC-4010 (Theories of Psychology) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-4030 (Hist & Philosoph of Psychology) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2021 Sections
- PSYC-4010 (Theories of Psychology) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-6000 (Foundations Humanistic Psych) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-6882 (Psychoanalytic Theory) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-8270 (Depth Psychology) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2020 Sections
- PSYC-4010 (Theories of Psychology) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-6882 (Trauma and Recovery) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-7810D (Hermeneutics & Psychology) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-8581 (Bionian Post Bionian Field App) Section: E04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2020 Sections
- PSYC-4010 (Theories of Psychology) Section: E02
- PSYC-4030 (Hist & Philosoph of Psychology) Section: E01
Spring 2020 Sections
- PSYC-4010 (Theories of Psychology) Section: 01
- PSYC-4030 (Hist & Philosoph of Psychology) Section: E01
- PSYC-6000 (Foundations Humanistic Psych) Section: 01
- PSYC-9002 (Doctoral Qualifying Seminar) Section: 01
Summer 2019 Sections
- PSYC-4010 (Theories of Psychology) Section: E02
- PSYC-4030 (Hist & Philosoph of Psychology) Section: E01
Spring 2019 Sections
- PSYC-4010 (Theories of Psychology) Section: E01
- PSYC-4010 (Theories of Psychology) Section: 01
- PSYC-6899 (Addiction and Individuation II) Section: 07
- PSYC-8260 (Psych, Epistemology & Ethics) Section: 01
- PSYC-8581 (Psychiatry & Morality) Section: E01
Fall 2018 Sections
- PSYC-6000 (Foundations Humanistic Psych) Section: 01
- PSYC-6899 (Addiction and Individuation) Section: 03
- PSYC-8001 (Culture and Subjectivity) Section: 01
Spring 2018 Sections
- PSYC-4010 (Theories of Psychology) Section: E01
- PSYC-6400 (Psychology, Culture, & Society) Section: 01
- PSYC-6899 (Thesis) Section: 05
- PSYC-8008 (Humanistic Foundations of PSYC) Section: 01
Fall 2017 Sections
- PSYC-4010 (Theories of Psychology) Section: E01
- PSYC-6000 (Foundations Humanistic Psych) Section: 01
- PSYC-8001 (Culture and Subjectivity) Section: 01
Summer 2017 Sections
- PSYC-4010 (Theories of Psychology) Section: E01
Spring 2017 Sections
- PSYC-4010 (Theories of Psychology) Section: 01
- PSYC-7810 (TUTORIAL FOUCAULT) Section: 05
- PSYC-8584 (Advanced Seminar: Foucault) Section: 02
Fall 2016 Sections
- PSYC-6785 (Advanced Horizon Seminar-TRAUM) Section: 01
- PSYC-6899 (Thesis) Section: 01
- PSYC-8001 (Culture and Subjectivity) Section: 01
- PSYC-8584 (Advanced Seminars-TRAUMA) Section: 01
Summer 2016 Sections
- PSYC-4881 (Psychology of Drug Addiction) Section: E01
- PSYC-8581 (Psychoanalytic Case Study) Section: E02
- PSYC-8581 (Psychodynamic Theories) Section: E01
Spring 2016 Sections
- PSYC-4350 (Culture and Psychology) Section: E02
- PSYC-8270 (Depth Psychology) Section: 01
- PSYC-9002 (Doctoral Qualifying Seminar) Section: 01
Fall 2015 Sections
- PSYC-6000 (Foundations Humanistic Psych) Section: 01
- PSYC-6785 (Adv Horizon Sem: Trauma) Section: 01
- PSYC-7810 (Tutorial - Trauma) Section: E01
- PSYC-8001 (Culture and Subjectivity) Section: 01
- PSYC-8584 (Adv Seminars: Trauma) Section: 01
Summer 2015 Sections
- PSYC-4350 (Culture and Psychology) Section: E01
Spring 2015 Sections
- PSYC-4010 (Theories of Psychology) Section: 01
- PSYC-4350 (Culture and Psychology) Section: E01
- PSYC-6899 (Transmission Cultured Trauma) Section: 02